129頁(yè)2023年全國(guó)大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)競(jìng)賽樣題〔C類〕2023NationalEnglishCompetitionforCollegeStudents(TypeC-Sample)(Total：150marksTime：120minutes)PartIListeningComprehension (30marks)SectionA(5marks)1.A.Heenjoysthecoldnessoutside.B.Itistoohotintheroom.C.Thereisheavysmokeinside.D.Thereisnomuchroominside.2.A.Hewilltakeupanewposition.B.Hewillemploythewoman.C.Hewantstoopenanaccount.D.Heisgoingtoquithisjob.3.A.Inapostoffice.B.Intheirclassroom.Inthissection,youwill1.A.Heenjoysthecoldnessoutside.B.Itistoohotintheroom.C.Thereisheavysmokeinside.D.Thereisnomuchroominside.2.A.Hewilltakeupanewposition.B.Hewillemploythewoman.C.Hewantstoopenanaccount.D.Heisgoingtoquithisjob.3.A.Inapostoffice.B.Intheirclassroom.C.Inthelibrary.D.Intheschoollab.A.Thewomanhaswastedtoomuchtime.Thewomanlosthercameraunfortunately.Themandoesn”tliketheoldcityatall.Themanhasarrangedanactivityforher.A.Helosthisresumebeforethejobinterview.Hewasrejectedtoattendaninterview.Hewaslateforthebusinessmeeting.Hefinishedhisessayonnewmedia.SectionB(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.ConversationOneListentotheconversation.ThenreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CorD,anddecidewhichisthebestansweraccordingtowhatyouhear.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Whatinformationdoesthemanwanttoknow?AboutHudsonCollege.AboutlifeinPanama.AboutEnglishcourses.Aboutvisaapplication.HowlongdoestheAdvancedBusinessEnglishcourseslast?Onemonth.Onemonthandahalf.Twomonths.Threemonths.Howmuchisthetuitionforthecourse?A.$1200.B.$1300.C.$1400.D.$1500.Whenwillthemangettheapplicationform?Justafterthephonecall.Wellafterhegetsthevisa.Whenthewomangetsthedeposit.Whentheygetthetuitionfee.Whatistheexactclassarrangement?Twohoursaday,fivedaysaweek.Threehoursaday,fivedaysaweek.Fourhoursaday,sixdaysaweek.Fivehoursaday,sixdaysaweek.ConversationTwoListentotheconversationandcompletethefollowingsentenceswithonewordaccordingtowhatyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.DavidViscardi isa( )andhewroteabookentitled TheRiskPhenomenon.AccordingtoDavid,manypeoplefindnormallifemuchtoodullsotheytakerisksportsasa/an( ) .David believes that risk sports help people develop ( ) inchallengingconditions.Bungee jumpers jump from avery high place with their anklesattachedtoalengthof( ) rope.Davidexplains thatextroverts tendnottogetanxiouseasilywhileothertypesofpeopleareeasilymadeanxiousandtendtoavoid( ).SectionC (5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitems.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachitem,therewillbeafifteen-secondpause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Whatdoestheevidencesupport?NASAiscapableofoperatinganewtypeoftelescopenow.ThereisaplanetorbitingastaroutsidetheMilkyWayGalaxy.TheChandraX-rayObservatoryisthemostpowerfulone.OneenormousplanetisapproachingtheEarthrapidly.Whatdidtheancientceremonialcentersfoundedbelongto?TheancientOlmecandMayacultures.Theoldstoneagestatuecultures.ThenewMexicancultures.TheLidarKingdomcultures.What does humanity”s future depend onaccording totheworldleaders?Cooperationamongthecountries.Effortstofightclimatechange.Futureexplorationtothespace.PeacefultalkonEastAsiaarea.Whichofthefollowingisthemainfunctionoftheartificialintelligencemodel?Tosearchmuchmoreinformationonline.Togetmoreaccuratecalculationresults.Topredictrainfallwithinnext90minutes.Todesignfunandinterestingcomputergames.WhywillNASAexploretheancientobjectsorbitingthesun?TomonitorthenewspacecraftatthedistanceofJupiterTostudytherelationshipbetweenJupiterandits “Trojan”asteroids.Tocomparetheoldandnewobjectsorbitingthesuninrecentyears.Togatherinformation aboutthesolarsystem”sformation4.5billionyearsago.SectionD(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwoshortpassages.Thepassageswillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachpassage,therewillbeaone-minutepause.DictationListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththeexactwordsorphrasesyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.Blackholesareareaswherethepullofgravityissostrongthatnotevenlightcanescape.Usuallytheyhappenafterverybig,supergiantstarsexplode.Theexplodedstar21.( )somethingcalleda “supernova.”Itisverybright,but short -lived. Supernovas create the largest explosions inspace. Thematerialremainingafterthesupernovaexplosion22.( ).Gravitypulls,orcrushes,allthematterintoaverysmallspace.Whenlightcannolongerescapethatspace,itisknownasablackhole.TheJapanesesatellite Astro-H wascarryinganinstrumentcalledanX-rayspectrometer.ItwasabletomeasurethewaygasflowsatthecenterofthePerseuscluster.Whatitfoundwasthatthesuperheatedgasatthecenterofthecluster23.( )thanresearchersexpected. Andthattoldthemsomething abouthowblackholeswork,andhowgalaxiesareformed.BrianMcNamaraisanastrophysicistwiththeUniversityofWaterlooinCanada.“Andthatgivesusavery24.()ofhowmuchenergyisbeingpumpedintothisgasbysupermassiveblackholes,andsoitallowsustoformamorecompletepictureofhowgalaxiesevolve,howthestarsandthegasthatwilleventuallycooloutlikeraintoformthestars,evolvesovercosmictime.”Thescientists arealsolooking atthehotplasma —another kindofmatter —andgasesthatsurroundgalaxies. “Thisisgasthathasnotcooledoutandcondensedoutlikeraininouratmospheretoformstars,planets,life,forexample.Soit”sthepotentialforthefuture,andwe”retryingtounderstandwhatthefuturedestinyofthisgalaxyandmanyothergalaxies wouldbe.”McNamarasaysthatsupermassiveblackholesmaychangehowgalaxiesformandchangeovertime. “Theenergyreleasedbythesegiantblackholesisvery( )totheseatmospheres,whichisthestuffoutofwhichfuturestarswillform.”Andwhatthatmeans,hesays,isthatthesehugeblackholescanaffecttherateatwhichagalaxygrows.SummaryListentothepassageandcompletethetableusingnomorethanthreewordsforeachblankaccordingtowhatyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.729頁(yè)1029頁(yè)P(yáng)artIIVocabulary& Grammar (15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Howcloseparentsaretotheirchildren( )astronginfluenceonthecharacteroftheirchildren.havehashavingtohaveWhenIwasaveryyoungboy,Iwasterriblyfrightened ofgoingtoschool,butIsoon( )it.cameacrossdroppedoffgotoverpushedawayThe destruction of these cultural treasures was ahuge loss formankindthatnoamountofmoneycould( ).comeupwithmakeupforputupwithstanduptoEven researchers are not always careful enough to distinguishcorrelationbetween( )andeffect.aspectbeingcauseeffectTheenergy,suchasgas,oil,electricity, ( )goingtobeinshortsupplyforalongtime,andwhateverenergyis( ),itwillcostalotmore.are;usefulare;popularis;accessis;availableMichaeldoesn”tfeellikeplayingfootballtodaybecauseheis( ).outofcontrolupintheairoverhisheadwalkingonairAlthoughbynomeansrich,Tomwas( )thanmostofhisfellowvillagersinthatarea.aheadofbetterofffeduptherealthingFromthispreparation course moststudents should ( )somefundamentalknowledgeinMultimedia.requireenquireacquiredemandAlthough nuclear weapons present grave ( ) dangers, thepredominantcrisisofoverpopulationiswithusrightnow.constantinevitableoverwhelmingpotentialAccording toaninvestigation, children whoareover-protected bytheirparentsmaybecome( ).damagedharmfulignorantspoiledIfyourfatherhadn”tstoodunderthetreetocatchyou,you( now.couldn”thavesmileddidn”tsmilewon”tsmilewouldn”tbesmilingInsomecountries, ( )iscalled“equality”doesnotreally meanequalrightsforallpeople.thatonewhatwhichThereishardlyanenvironmentontheearth( )somespeciesofanimalorotherhasnotadapted( ).asto;fluentlysothat;naturallytowhich;successfullywherever;peacefully—Areyougoingtohavedinnerbeforeofaftertheshow?—Mm,I”dliketohaveitbeforetheshow.Oritwillbetoolate.—( )Don”tmentionit.Iagreewithyou.Thanksalot.Whatapity!—Hello! TheMapleHotel.HowcanIhelpyou?—Hi!( ) Isthereanyroomavailablefortwotomorrow?—I”msorrysir,butwe”refullybookedtomorrow.I”dliketomakeareservationplease.CanIcheckinatthemoment?Howmuchismybillfortomorrow?ShouldItakemyvisawithme?PartIIICloze(10marks)Readthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithoneword.Choosethecorrectwordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:accordingtothecontext,byusingthecorrectformofthegivenword,orbyusingthegivenletter(s)oftheword.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.Acomputerwiththepowerofahumanbrainisalongwayoff,butthisweekresearchersare46.re()thatthey”vesimulatedacat”scerebralcortex,thethinkingpartofthebrain,usingamassivesupercomputer.Thecomputerhas147,456processorsand144terabytesofmainmemory―100,000timesas47.( )asyourcomputerhas.Thesimulation,whichruns100timesslowerthananactualcat”sbrain,ismoreaboutwatchinghowthoughtsare48.( )(form)inthebrainandhowtheroughlyonebillionneuronsand10trillionsynapsesinacat”sbrainworktogether.Theresearchers created aprogramme thattoldthesupercomputer tobehaveinthewaythatabrainis49.( )(believe)tobehave.Thecomputerwas shown images of corporate logos and scientists watched as 50.dif( )partsofthesimulatedbrainworkedtogethertofigureoutwhattheimagewas.Dharmendra Modha,managerofcognitivecomputingforIBMResearchandsenior author ofthepaper, called ita“truly unprecedented scale ofsimulation”.Researchers atStanford University andtheLawrence BerkeleyNationalLaboratory werealsopartoftheproject.Modhasaystheresearchcouldlead51.( )computersthatrely lessonstructureddata,suchas2plus1equals 4,andcanhandle ambiguity better, like52.ide( )thecorporate logo even if the image is blurry. Such computers could alsoincorporatesensessuchassight,touchand53.( )(hear)intothedecisionstheymake.Onereasonthatdevelopmentwouldbe54.( )(signify)toIBMisthatthecompanyisnowsellingsmartedplanetservicesthatusedigitalsensorstomonitor things like weather and55.( )andfeedthatthedata intocomputers that are asked to various things with the information, likepredicting atsunamiordetectingafreewaywayaccident.Othercompaniescouldusecognitivecomputingaswelltomakebettersenseoflargevolumesofinformation.PartIVReadingComprehension (30marks)Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.Respondtothequestionsusinginformationfromthepassage.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.SectionA(10marks)Questions56—60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Situated at the heart of Beijing, the Palace Museum is approachedthroughtheGateofHeavenlyPeace(Tian”anmen).Becauseofitscentralityaswellasrestrictedaccess,thepalacewascalledTheForbiddenCity.Itwasbuiltfrom1406to1420bythethirdemperoroftheMingdynasty, theYongleEmperor who,uponusurping thethrone, determined tomovehiscapitalnorthwardfromNanjingtoBeijing.TheMing/r/